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The 100 Most Significant Figures in History

This list uses Wikipedia and other internet sources to rank subjects and was created by Steven Skiena and Charles B. Ward Dec. 10, 2013 for Time Magazine.
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Jesus
Jesus
1
Napoleon
Napoleon
2
Muhammad
Muhammad
3
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
4
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
5
George Washington
George Washington
6
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
7
Aristotle
Aristotle
8
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
9
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
10
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England
11
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
12
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I of England
13
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
14
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
15
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
16
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
17
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
18
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
19
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
20
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
21
Charlemagne
Charlemagne
22
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
23
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
24
Plato
Plato
25
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France
26
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven
27
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
28
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci
29
Augustus
Augustus
30
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus
31
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
32
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
33
Paul the Apostle
Paul the Apostle
34
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
35
Thank You George W. Bush
Thank You George W. Bush
36
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
37
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
38
Charles I of England
Charles I of England
39
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
40
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